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Squatina californica Pacific Angelshark, Pacific Angel Shark

Squatina californica is commonly referred to as Pacific Angelshark, Pacific Angel Shark. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Angel shark - Squatina californica (122 cm),California 2019


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lexID:
7480 
AphiaID:
271667 
Scientific:
Squatina californica 
German:
Pazifischer Engelhai 
English:
Pacific Angelshark, Pacific Angel Shark 
Category:
Hajer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Squatiniformes (Order) > Squatinidae (Family) > Squatina (Genus) > californica (Species) 
Initial determination:
Ayres, 1859 
Occurrence:
El Salvador, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Chile, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South America, USA, West Coast USA 
Sea depth:
3 - 205 Meter 
Size:
up to 59.06" (150 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Big fish, Crabs, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Lobster, Nekton, Predatory, Rock lobster, Schrimps, Sepia, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
  • Squatina aculeata
  • Squatina africana
  • Squatina albipunctata
  • Squatina argentina
  • Squatina armata
  • Squatina australis
  • Squatina caillieti
  • Squatina dumeril
  • Squatina formosa
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2014-08-28 20:10:26 

Info

Ayres, 1859

The Pacific angelshark is a sluggish and inactive skark, that often is burried in sand or mud.

Divers and snorkelers should be very careful when approcing, the shark can whip up its head and snap very quickly when touched, provoked, harassed, or even speared, so the fish can cause very painful lacerations!

Best left the shark in the wild!

Synonym:
Rhina philippi Garman, 1913

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Squatiniformes (Order) > Squatinidae (Family) > Squatina (Genus)

Shark bites can be quite lethal to humans, especially the 10 most dangerous shark species are considered and can launch unprovoked attacks from humans: - Great white shark - Bull shark - Tiger shark - Sand tiger shark - Blacktip shark - Bronze shark - Spinner shark - Blue shark - Hammerhead shark - Whitetip shark The bite by a shark is one of the most basic fears of humans, but the number of deaths caused by shark attacks is very low: in 2015 there were 98 attacks by sharks and in 6 cases the attack resulted in a fatal end for humans. In 2016 there were 107 attacks by sharks and in 8 cases the attack resulted in a fatal end for humans. Sources: http://hai.ch/Hai-Infos/Unfaelle/index.html http://www.focus.de/reisen/videos/auch-urlaubsorte-betroffen-schrecklicher-rekord-2016-gab-es-mehr-hai-angriffe-als-je-zuvor_id_6519581.html http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/hai-angriffe-erreichen-2015-rekordhoch-weiterer-anstieg-erwartet-a-1076339.html http://www.zeit.de/2016/37/haie-toetung-tierschutz-surfer
In 2022, there were a total of 108 shark attacks in the USA.

Conversely, however, 100 million sharks were killed by humans. http://www.zeit.de/2016/37/haie-toetung-tierschutz-surfer The risk of being bitten by a shark varies greatly from region to region, with most attacks occurring in Florida, Australia and South Africa. Please be careful not to go into the water with bleeding skin wounds, heed bathing warnings from the authorities and be very careful when using surfboards, as sharks can easily confuse the boards with seals and harbour seals. After shark bites, always call a doctor or / and the rescue service as soon as possible, as heavy bleeding can be life-threatening.

https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/shark-attack-statistics/

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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